Status and Prospects for Research on the Attitude of Polish pro-Government Groupings Towards the Policy of the Civil and Military Authorities of the Republic of Poland in Connection with the Direct Genesis and Course of the Campaign of 1939
Status and Prospects for Research on the Attitude of Polish pro-Government Groupings Towards the Policy of the Civil and Military Authorities of the Republic of Poland in Connection with the Direct Genesis and Course of the Campaign of 1939

Summary/Abstract: The article is a selective review of the subject literature on activities of the pro- Government organizations during national preparations for defense, starting from eleven months before the outbreak of WWII to the Campaign of 1939. It embraces problems of propaganda and strategic communication. The paper underlines the role of the activities of structures of the Camp of National Unification and media controlled by the state. The paper draws the attention of a reader to lack of a new, more comprehensive, and multidimensional approach to the topic. It also presents the hypothesis on temporary effectiveness, pro foro interno, of Polish propaganda. However, due to military defeat, this achievement backfired at the present government. The gap between expectations and tragic reality facilitated the ‘anti-Sanacja’ opposition the takeover of full power, in the conditions of the emigration.

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